9781108081078 - Japan and the Japanese (Cambridge Library Collection: East and South-east Asian History) von Humbert, Aimé (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Like New. Reprint. Bright and clean, firm and square, just a few very minor rubs and bumps. Hence a non-text page is stamped 'damaged'. Despite such this book is actually in nearly new condition. Thus it looks and feels unread with contents that are crisp, fresh and tight. Now offered for sale at a special bargain price.

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Zustand: New. The 1874 English translation of a Swiss diplomat's well-illustrated description of life under the Tokugawa shogunate in its final years. Editor(s): Bates, Henry Walter. Translator(s): Hoey, Frances Cashel. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History. Num Pages: 404 pages, 202 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 298 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1052. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Taking advantage of his diplomatic privilege in Japan to travel further and inquire deeper than other foreigners, Swiss envoy Aimé Humbert (1819-1900) brought back stories of life under the Tokugawa shogunate in its final years. First published in the journal Le Tour du monde in 1866, his account of Japanese history and daily life was republished as Le Japon illustré in 1870. This 1874 English translation brought readers up to date by including additional chapters on the 1868 revolution and its aftermath. Humbert focused his narrative on the history and culture of four locations: Benten, the foreign settlement at Yokohama; Kyoto, where emperors had resided for centuries; Kamakura, the old centre of political power; and Yeddo, now Tokyo, the new capital of Japan. Featuring almost 200 illustrations taken from Humbert's collection of prints and photographs, this book captures descriptively and pictorially a country on the verge of dramatic political and social change.